Chinese Character 唾 Meanings and components.

Form

唾

Meaning

唾 meaning[3] in English

Saliva.

To Spit.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 唾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to hang (down) (垂)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RHJM

How to write 唾

To write唾tuo4saliva you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 垂chui2to hang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 垂 = 唾

唾 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 唾 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 唾, looks as follow:

唾
Pinyin:tuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Saliva . To Spit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
垂
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Hang (Down) . Droop . Dangle . Bend Down . Hand Down . Bequeath . Nearly . Almost . To Approach

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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